PCA medical committee revoked my race license
08-25-2024, 09:17 PM
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And I've explained why it won't happen. The DE market is muchlarger than club racing, and there are lots of organizers competing to attract participants. If PCA goes overboard on medical clearance and requires people to have their doc sign off to drive in DE, all the business will go elsewhere (Chin, SCCA, NASA, HOD, BMW CCA, regional clubs, etc.), and PCA knows that, so it won't happen.
SMFH!!!
STOP TALKING ABOUT IT!!!
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08-25-2024, 09:20 PM
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Maybe what Luigi has done will cause PCA CR to eventually reverse course. I hope so.
08-25-2024, 09:23 PM
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08-25-2024, 09:34 PM
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I don't think I'm *too old* but I hung up my helmet when I saw how quickly kids learn how to race and exceed our abilities (well, at least my abilities). That, and racing is expensive and it's more than enough supporting one racing habit in the family!
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08-25-2024, 10:07 PM
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We have a different POV on this. I think it's important to draw attention to the disparity in medical clearance for DE and CR. And frankly, the whole reason I'm talking about it is because of THIS THREAD which has drawn attention to the general issue of medical clearance. Maybe Luigi should ask the mods to close this thread?
08-25-2024, 10:33 PM
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08-25-2024, 10:45 PM
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Safety-ism is one of the key issues in this thread.
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08-25-2024, 11:25 PM
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08-26-2024, 12:59 AM
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I'll just add that especially in DE's, every driver has multiple interactions with volunteer registration, staff, CI's, classroom and in-car instructors. Most drivers in DE's are constantly evaluated by these folks interacting with them.
That level of scrutiny rarely allows this "too old" or "in cognitive decline" drivers to participate, let alone continue.
Not the same as your sample pool.
That level of scrutiny rarely allows this "too old" or "in cognitive decline" drivers to participate, let alone continue.
Not the same as your sample pool.
Sprint racing and endurance racing though, the old boys club prevents some guy whos been literally doing it for 50 years from being told sorry, you cant race. They're too intrenched. The same guys will likely be allowed to DE (and are around me) just because of their name. They'd get through every outfits checks and balances because they wouldn't be given an instructor based on experience and having an active road race license, and probably holding a current instructors license.
Again I don't really think it's a big problem because there is almost always something the other car can do to prevent contact and I've never see more than fender benders caused by them (the old road race guys I mean that no one is going to challenge until it's absolutely necessary), but it's gotta be multiple times more risky allowing them to race than this whole CPAP fiasco lol
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08-26-2024, 09:52 AM
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08-26-2024, 10:27 AM
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08-26-2024, 10:28 AM
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I'll just add that especially in DE's, every driver has multiple interactions with volunteer registration, staff, CI's, classroom and in-car instructors. Most drivers in DE's are constantly evaluated by these folks interacting with them.
That level of scrutiny rarely allows this "too old" or "in cognitive decline" drivers to participate, let alone continue.
Not the same as your sample pool.
That level of scrutiny rarely allows this "too old" or "in cognitive decline" drivers to participate, let alone continue.
Not the same as your sample pool.
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08-26-2024, 10:30 AM
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